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Alabama HC Nick Saban prefers for OC Lane Kiffin to remain with the team through the College Football Playoffs.

Kiffin is reportedly close to being named head coach of Houston. "We're very supportive of Lane in terms of him having an opportunity to be a head coach again after the great job that he did for us," Saban said. "So hopefully [the Houston job] or some other opportunity will work out well for him so he gets the opportunity to be a head coach again." Asked if Kiffin would be with the Tide on Dec. 31 for the Peach Bowl against Washington, Saban said: "I think he'll want to finish the season with us but I can't speak to that right now because we haven't discussed something that is a hypothetical situation to this point. And I'm not going to answer any more questions about hypothetical situations." If the reports are true, we should know of Kiffin's future plans in the next day or two. Dec 8 - 9:17 PM

Among those McMurphy hears will be attending Thursday's pow-wow, school president Renu Khator, AD Hunter Yurachek and board of regents chair Tilman J. Fertitta. Alabama OC Lane Kiffin and current Houston coordinators Major Applewhite and Todd Orlando are thought to be the finalists, here. Earlier on Thursday, USA Today's Dan Wolken relayed that Kiffin had the inside track to land the job pending approval from the higher powers. Dec 8 - 3:35 PM

USA Today's Dan Wolken reports Alabama OC Lane Kiffin will be Houston's next head coach, pending "pending a Thursday meeting at which school President Renu Khator will have to give the final OK."

As you all know, Tom Herman left for Texas. Kiffin was the head coach of the Oakland Raiders from 2007-2008, Tennessee in 2009 and coached USC from 2010-2013 before being fired mid-season at the airport. Since then, Kiffin has been an outstanding coordinator at Alabama, taking the Crimson Tide's offense to the next level and at times matching the school's historic defense. Houston has been an offensive minded team in the past, but their best player is freshman defensive lineman Ed Oliver. Kiffin, at the very least, can keep Houston at the level they currently sit. Beat writer Joseph Duarte disputes Houston has made its decision at this time. Dec 8 - 8:13 AM

Feldman cites Kiffin's ties to the area while surveying the other current openings. CBS Sports' Dennis Dodd previously stated something similar, saying Kiffin would be USF's top target. Willie Taggart was hired by Oregon. As expected, the coaching openings are filling up quickly. Dec 7 - 8:26 AM